Content
The Big Idea:
India's rich history and culture have a great affect on the world today.
The people, events and ideas that shaped ancient China continue to influence the world today.
Skills
Activities
Assessments
RL.6.1,
RL.6.2,
RL.6.3,
RL6.4,
RL.6.5,
RL.6.6,
Literary Text
Cite textual Evidence
Analyze explicit meanings
Draw inferences
Determine theme
Provide objective summary
Identify plot development
Describe Character development
Determine Figurative and Connotative meaning
Analyze word choice
Analyze structure of text
Explain use of Point of View
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Suggested Reading: Bound by Napoli, Donna Jo (800) Wandering Warrior by Da Chen (720)
1. Rewrite a fairytale, myth or folktale using what you have learned about a particular culture.
2. Write Haiku ( although originated in Japan was practiced in China) or other poetry in the Chinese style.
Analyze how key elements are introduced, illustrated and elaborated
Determine figurative, connotative and technical meaning
Analyze how structure contributes to idea development
Determine point of view and purpose
Integrate information presented in different media and formats
Suggested Reading:
Text by Mohandas Ghandi
Text by Martin Luthre King jr. The Analects by Confucius
"Defending China" by Margaret Pruch
1. Write Confuciusisms
Summative Assessment in the style of the current state testing done in conjunction with Social Studies.
Development, organization and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience
Planning, editing, revising
Use technology to produce and publish writing
Collaborate
Write informative text
Organize ideas, concepts and information
Use headings
Incorporate Graphics
Use Multimedia
Use concrete details and quotations
Variey Transitions
Present in a formal Style
Develop a concluding Statement
1. Task Definition: Use of graphs, interest surveys, KWL, etc
2. Information seeking strategies: OPAC, Infohio, databases, Google Scholar, Websites
3. Location and Access: Evaluation of sources, plagerism, citation
4. Use of information: paraphrase, summarize, creative commons
5. Sythesis: Prezi, PPT, Moviemaker, website creation, Publisher, glogster,
6. Evaluation
Continue to research your chosen culture. Write an informative multimodal essay about the culture.
SL.6.1,
SL.6.5,
SL.6.6
SL.6.2
SL.6.4
Speaking and Listening
Engage in collaborative discussions
Expressing ideas clearly
Use researched material during discussions
Set goals
Meet deadlines
Follow discussion protocol
Pose relevant questions
Respond to others
Qualify and justify views
Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations
Adapt speech to audience and purpose
Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media
Evaluate motives
Use of relevant evidence, valid reasoning and well chosen detail
Eye contact, volume and pronunciation
Peer Revision Groups
Students participate in creating a rubric or grading criterion.
Students create a production schedule.
Divide students into groups according to chosen topics. Have students participate in a panel discussion.
L.6.1,
L.6.2,
L.6.3,
L.6.4, L.6.5,
L.6.6
Language
Use of standard English in writing and speaking
Explain the function of verbals ( Gerunds, participles and infinitives
Use verbs in passive and active voice
Use verbs in indicative, imperative, interrogative conditional and subjunctive mood
Use correct Capitalization, punctuation and spelling
Use coma, ellipsis and dash
Use verbs in the conditional and subjunctive mood
Determine the meaning of a word by using a range of strategies
Using context clues
Use common Greek and Latin affixes and roots to understand meaning
Know how to use dictionaries, glossaries and thesauruses to clarify meaning, determine pronunciation and part of speech
Identify, use and understand figurative language and figures of speech
Use grade appropriate vocabulary
Revision and Deep Revision techniques
Example:
Students rewrite narrative in a different point of view.
Students identify all passive verbs in narrative and change to active.
Students rewrite narrative from a different perspective.
Students identify overused words and use a thesarus to improve their word usage.
Students identify any uses of idiom, cliche, analogies, allusions and other figurative language in their writing. Ask them to say rewrite without using figurative language and then make a determination which is better.
The Big Idea:
India's rich history and culture have a great affect on the world today.
The people, events and ideas that shaped ancient China continue to influence the world today.
RL.6.2,
RL.6.3,
RL6.4,
RL.6.5,
RL.6.6,
- Cite textual Evidence
- Analyze explicit meanings
- Draw inferences
- Determine theme
- Provide objective summary
- Identify plot development
- Describe Character development
- Determine Figurative and Connotative meaning
- Analyze word choice
- Analyze structure of text
- Explain use of Point of View
*Wandering Warrior by Da Chen (720)
1. Rewrite a fairytale, myth or folktale using what you have learned about a particular culture.
2. Write Haiku ( although originated in Japan was practiced in China) or other poetry in the Chinese style.
Quiz, Novel Scrapbook, Visual timeline, RAFT, QAR Squares
RI.6.2,
RI.6.3,
RI.6.4,
RI.6.5.
RI.6.6,
RI.6.7
Text by Mohandas Ghandi
Text by Martin Luthre King jr.
The Analects by Confucius
"Defending China" by Margaret Pruch
1. Write Confuciusisms
W.6.5,
W.6.6,
W.6.7,
W.6.9,
W.6.10
W.6.2,
W.6.8,
2. Information seeking strategies: OPAC, Infohio, databases, Google Scholar, Websites
3. Location and Access: Evaluation of sources, plagerism, citation
4. Use of information: paraphrase, summarize, creative commons
5. Sythesis: Prezi, PPT, Moviemaker, website creation, Publisher, glogster,
6. Evaluation
SL.6.5,
SL.6.6
SL.6.2
SL.6.4
Students participate in creating a rubric or grading criterion.
Students create a production schedule.
L.6.2,
L.6.3,
L.6.4, L.6.5,
L.6.6
Example:
Students rewrite narrative in a different point of view.
Students identify all passive verbs in narrative and change to active.
Students rewrite narrative from a different perspective.
Students identify overused words and use a thesarus to improve their word usage.
Students identify any uses of idiom, cliche, analogies, allusions and other figurative language in their writing. Ask them to say rewrite without using figurative language and then make a determination which is better.